Sanitary ventilated garbage-can.



E. MAYER & M. E. WOLFF. SANITARY VENTILATED GARBAGE cAN'. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16. 1914.v 1,166,774, Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

WITNESS/5S y "Max Ewolff BY f GOLUMHM PLANOGRAPM cowAsH|NGTON, u4 c.

EMANUEL MAYBE AND MAX n. woLFF, or NEW Yoan, iv. Y.

SANITARY VENTILATED lGriArIR-BGE-CAN.

Application filed December 16, 191e.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, EMANUEL MAYER and MAX E. YVoLFF, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sanitary Ventilated Garbage- Can, of which the following is a full, clear,A

and exact description. The invention constituting the present improvement consists of a garbage can so constructed as to overcome the odor of the garbage.

More particularly, the invention resides in an improved construction for garbage cans or, in fact, any receptacle designed to contain materials from which obnoxious odors will arise, although more especially adapted in connection with a garbage can so as to permit the use of a liquid disinfectant, the' odors arising from which will permeate the contents. of the can for the purpose specified, while means are provided to prevent the disinfectant from escaping when the can is emptied. f p

With the above and other objects in view,

Athe invention resides in the peculiar combination and varrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed, it being also anobject to provide a device which is simple in construction, durable and etlicient and not likely toget out of order.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciication, in which similar characters of reference'indicate corresponding parts in all the views and in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional View of a sanitaryventilated garbage canV constructed in accordance with ourinvention, the view being taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross sectional view talren on the line 2-2of Fig. 1 Fig. Eis a similar view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of a oraminous member or screen employed with the device. I

In the illustrated embodiment of theinvention the numeral l0 indicates thegarbage can as one form of body to which theV disinectant system is applied. The can' is provided with a closed bottom 11 and a removable cover l12 Jfor obtaining access to the interior of the can for using the .same or'. dis-.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. d, 1916,

serial no. ermee.

charging the contents thereof. Mounted in spaced relation near the bottom of the can are a pair of partitions 13 and 111, the same inthe present instance being carried by an auxiliary part or casing 15 which is mounted in the bottom of the can and suitably anchored as by soldering or otherwise. The bottom of the part 15 may be left open or provided with a bottom portion 16 which in conjunction with the bottom portion l1 produces a double bottom for the can. The partition 13 in effect produces a false bottom for the can while the partition 1-1- orms the top of the 'part 15, the partition 13 being provided with a seriesot periorations 17 located relatively near the lateral section of the part inl which said partition is mounted but slightly spaced therefrom.` T he top portion la is provided with a series of portera-tions or openings 1S located in staggered relation to the openings 17 and provided centrally in said top portion with respect to the circular series of openings 17 in the partition so that when the part 15 is i'itted in the can spa-ce is allowed thereabove for the reception of the garbage, while a chamber 19 is provided between the bottom and the partition 13 Vfor receiving the disinfectant and a chamber 20 between the partition and the top portion la which'torms an air chamber.

At diametrically opposite pointsfof the can and leading into the latter are pipes 21,

the same being passed through the lateral section of the can-near the upper end thereofv and extending downwardly along the same through the top portion 111- and into ,the air chamber 2G. The outwardly projecting upper ends o the pipes 21 are connected to pipes 22 outwardly or" th can, the latter leading downwardly and passing through the can and lateral section ofthe part 15, as shown at 28, to communicate with the disinfectant chamber 19, the lower extremities of the pipes 22 extending inwardly beyond the perforation 17. The connections between the pipes 21 and 22 are preferably' effected by. l`joints 2li, each of which has a common communication with one of the inner and outerA pipes" and constituting inlet ends through which the liquid disinfectant is poured into the pipes 22 and intothegchamber.; 19. rFliese inlets are designed'to be closed by hinged caps .25 having snap vorspring catches 26 to engage projections'27- of the ljoints or inlet ends so that said ends roo may be opened or closed as desired, the caps being constantly in position for use and therefore not likely to be lost as would be the case with removable plugs or caps.

A foraminous member in the form of a fine mesh screen 28 is iitted on the top portion lli of the auxiliary member l5 and is preferably provided with a rim 29 having recesses 30 at dianietrically opposite points to accommodate the pipes 21, and guards 31 having attaching flanges 32 projecting therefrom in opposite directions for attachment to the interior surface of the lateral section of the can are provided to cover and protect the pipe 2l and prevent the contents from attacking the same or clogging between said pipes and can.

In practice, the can may be provided with the usual handles preferably placed at right angles to the relative positions of the pipes,

. but since the pipes are anchored in the can and the pipes 22 provided with fluid-tight connections at their lower extremities, that the can and all of said pipes may be of comparatively rigid material, injury thereto will be obviated, the same being capable of use as handles if desired although this is not essential. ln the use of the ordinary handles the can will be supported on the sides not provided i Tith the pipes in emptying the contents.

in the operation of the device, the iiuid disinfectant is poured through the inlets by opening the caps 25 and by using a suitable funnel the disinfectant will pass down through the pipes 22 and into the disinfect ant chamber 19. This will displace some of the air contained in the chambers 19 and 20 which may pass out through the pipes 2l, a siphon action being effected due to the creation of suction in the pipes 2l. of this air may escape into the can and if garbage is contained therein fumes from the disinfectant will be caused to permeate the arbage and overcome the odor thereof. So lgong as the caps 25 are open a circulation of air will take place through the pipes 2l and 22, the air passing down through the pipes 22 and up the pipes 21, but when the caps are closed the fumes arising from the disinfectant can escape only through the contents, air being supplied in a similar manner to compel the circulation, and if the caps are closed the can may be emptied of its contents after removing the cover without danger of the disinfectant escaping. This is due to the fact that there is a tendency to create suction in the bottom of the can, that is, in the chambers 19 and 20, and also in the pipes 2l and 22, and this will prevent the escape of the disinfectant although a portion thereof may escape into the pipe and return into the disinfectant chamber upon the can being brought to an upright position,

SomeY the upper chamber, a foraminous member l supported on said top portion and means to cut off communication of said chambers with the supply means or to open the same as desired.

2. The combination with a receptacle bod),Y

having a removable cover and ya closed bottom; of perforated partitions mounted in spaced relation above the bottom portion of said body, one of said partitions forming a disinfectant chamber in conjunction with the bottom of the body and an air chaniiber in conjunction with the other partition, pipes communicating with said chambers and closures for said pipes.

3. The combination with a receptacle body having a removable cover and a closed bottom; of perforated partitions mounted in spaced relation above the bottom portion of said body, one of said partitions forming a disinfectant chamber in conjunction with the bottom of the body and an air chamber in conjunction with the other partition, pipes communicating with said chambers and having a common connection with each other eXteriorly of the can whereby disinfectant may be discharged into the disinfectant chamber through certain of the pipes while the other pipes cooperate therewith and the can to produce circulation and caps for said pipes to open or close the same.

4f. A sanitary ventilated garbage can, comprising a can proper having a closed bottom and open top, a cover for vsaid can, an auxA iliary part fitted in the bottom of the can and having a horizontal partition and a top portion, forming a disinfectant chamber beneath said partition and an airchamber between said partition and top portion, said partition having perforations near its edge portion and the top portion having perforations inwardly of the first named perforations, a pipe adjacent to the lateral section of the can and leading` into the disinfectant chamber and a closure for the upper end of said pipe.

5. A sanitary ventilated garbage can, comprising a can proper having a closed bottom and open top, a cover for said can, an auxiliary part fitted in the bottom of the can and having a horizontal partition and a top portion, a disinfectant chamber beneath said partition and an air chamber between said partition and top portion, said partition having perforations near its edge portion and the top portion having perforations iodisinfectant chamber, `a secondfpipe communicating with the first namedY pipe andieadf `Ving into the airr chamberanda closure car-f'` ried byA said pipe.

V6. VThe combination.l With Va fgarbagei can orthe Like having a 'bottom portion. and a removabie'top portion;v of an auxiliary partv If fitted in the bottom of the' can and comprising aV lateral sectionwith a' bottom co4 acting vwith the bottom of the jean, a per-V forated partition vand a `perforated top portion, diametricaliy opposed pipes lvertically of the canV exteriorly of the latter andleading from a point adjacent to the top portion thereof and extending into the chamber between the partition and bot'- ,Y tom portion of the auxiliary' part in liquid?V tight connection therewith,Y a second `set vof pipes having common inlets With said lirst named pipes exterorly of the can vand eX- tendingdoWnWardi?.y'inside-ofthe'samejto'i"` Y v :275. c *porti'o'nof-the auxiliary part'whereby` dis- Minfec'tant maybe Vdischarged into; the'fi'rst.:`

named pipes andchamberito cause a su'c-l Y tion inthe last named "pi-pes; hinged c1os y the chamber between theb partition and top rures forsaid communicating ends of the:

"pipe'sguards O nfthe inside of Athe can over; f, the` inner pipes and ra ne #mesh screen@ mounted on said perforated top portion andA j recessed to t around said guards', said caps v n when closed preventing the discharge of the disinfectant in the first named chamber in emptying the contentsfof the can.

`j In testimony Whereofwe have'signed our names to this specication in the'presence 'of f vtWo V subscribingV Witnesses.

't MAX' E. WoLFr.

JOHN n l Burnin D. RoLLHAUs.

`. washington, D. c.

AEMANUEL MAYER;

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